Pipe-hanger.



No. 862,840. PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907. H. M. NELSON & T. F. SOOLLARD,

PIPE HANGER. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 20. 1906.

WITNESSES JZWWQJFAZWZZ MW aw v W A TTORNE VS HOMER M.'NELSON AND THOMAS F. SCOLLARD, OF WARSAW, INDIANA.

PIPE-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907.

Anplieatio'i filed September 20,1906. Serial N0- 335,469.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HOMER M. NELSON and Tnorms F. SCOLLARD, citizens oi the United States, residing at Warsaw, in the county of Kosciusko and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Iipe- Hangenof which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pipe hangers and its object is to provide a simple and inexpensive device of this character which is of durable construction, can be quickly adjusted to pipes of different sizes and which can be easily fastened to a girder or other device from I which the pipe is to be suspended.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of the hanger showing in section a pipe in position therein; Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section through the connection between the clip and flexible member of the hanger; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the clamp of the hanger; and Fig. 4 is a detail view on a reduced scale of a modified form of hanger.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 and 2 are oppositely disposed members of a clip and are preferably formed of sheet metal bowed from end to end each member terminating in an ear 3. The two ears are adapted to be clamped upon opposite ends of a sleeve 4 by means of a bolt 5 which extends through the ears and sleeve and has a nut 6 at one end. A flexible strip 7 such as a light metal rope is looped around the sleeve 4 and the end of the loop is located within a tapered sleeve 8 which surrounds the strip 7 and is filled with solder or other material 9 and the other end of the strip 7 is securely fastened to the intermediate portion thereof so that the loop will remain of unvarying size at all times. A top 10 is secured to the other end of the strip 7 in the same manner and said strip is adapted to be looped and placed within grooves 11 formed in the adjoining iaces of clamping blocks 12. A bolt 13 extends through these blocks close to the grooves in which the intermediate portion of the strip 7 is located and a nut 14 is arranged on the end of the bolt to permit the two blocks to be tightly clamped upon the strip.

In using this hanger the clip made up of the members 1 and 2 is placed in engagement with the beam or other device from which the pipe 15 is to be suspended. If the members 1 and 2 are not a sufiicient distance apart to embrace a girder a sleeve 4 of desired length is substituted for the one already in position between the members. The strip 7 is then looped around the pipe' as shown in Fig. 1 and the clamping blocks 12 are placed upon the intermediate and end portions of the strip 7 and clamped thereon by means of the bolt 13. The sleeve 10 will bear upon the blocks 12 and prevent the end of the strip from being withdrawn. It will be noted that the bolt 13 is disposed close to the intermediate portions of the strip so that the clamping action of the bolt is greater upon said portion than upon the end portion thereof and there is therefore little possibility of the strip slipping between the clamping blocks. It will of course be understood that if desired the hanger may be reversed and the clip placed in engagement with the pipe while the strip 7 is looped around the supporting structure. I

Instead of utilizing the construction which has been illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3a simpler form such as shown in Fig. 4 may be used. In this form the hanger consists simply of a single length of heavy metal cord 15 having an eye 16 at one end formed by looping the cord and securing the end thereof by means of a sleeve 17 similar to the sleeve 8. The other end of the cord is then adapted to be looped around abolt 18 which may be fastened to a joist 19 after which staples 20 may be driven into the joist so as to clamp the end of the cord thereto.

The device is very simple and inexpensive in construction, can be conveniently carried, and will therefore be found of great convenience to plumbers and others employed in hanging pipes in buildings and other structures.

The preferred form of the invention has been set forth in the foregoing description but we do not limit ourselves thereto as we are aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and we therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A pipe hanger comprising oppositely 'disposed clip members, a spacing sleeve detachably mounted therebetween, a flexible member looped about said sleeve, and a clamp for binding one end of said member to the intermediate portion thereof.

2. A hanger comprising oppositely disposed clip members, a spacing sleeve interposed therebetween, means for detachably securing the sleeve to said members, a flexible member looped about the sleeve, an enlargement upon the free end of said flexible member, oppositely disposed grooved clamping blocks upon opposite faces of said end and the intermediate portion of the flexible member, and means for clamping said blocks upon said member.

3. A hanger. comprising oppositely disposed clip members, a spacing sleeve interposed therebetween, means for detachably securing the sleeve to said members, a flexible member looped about the sleeve, an enlargement upon the free end of said flexible member, oppositely disposed grooved clumping blocks upon opposite faces of said end and the intermediate portion of the flexible member, and means adjacent one of the grooves in each block for clamping the blocks upon the flexible member, said blocks constituting a stop for the enlargement.

4 A pipe hanger comprising a flexible member having a loop formed by one end thereof, said end being movably connected to an intermediate portion of the member to render the loop adjustable, the other end of said member 10 being looped and rigidly secured, and supporting means extending through the last mentioned loop at a point re moved from the secured end thereof.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own, We have hereto aifixed our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

HOMER M. NELSON.

THOMAS F. SCOLLARD.

Witnesses FRANCIS E. Bowsnn, FRANK YENNER. 

